1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Bifulco v. United States
447 U.S. 381 · 100 S. Ct. 2247 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 115
The record
- Term
- 1979
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 79-5010
- U.S. Reports
- 447 U.S. 381
- S. Ct. citation
- 100 S. Ct. 2247
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 115
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Regular concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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